[OwnedByJezebel]

Let me preface this by saying that this isn't a response to anyone in particular or to a specific post. It is a response to posts that I see come up over and over again, in LOTS of threads, when a pup has been put in a predicament.

I'll never understand what is wrong with being "judgmental." To get through life, you have to constantly make judgments. Turn right or left? Is this or that good or bad? Is that the sort of person I should hang around, are they good for me or are they trouble? Can I afford a dog? Should my dog be spayed/neutered? Good judgments steer us in the right direction, bad judgments get us in trouble or complicate our lives.

Furthermore, the very act of calling someone "judgmental" is, in fact, also making a judgment!

These little dogs are helpless and defenseless, they depend on us for everything and for their well-being. They can't make decisions on reproduction, they are just doing what dogs do. When someone comes here asking for advise, the advise should be given based on what is best for the dog. The owner is a distant second. This discussion board is about Yorkies and their issues .... not Yorkie owners where the dog is an accessory to the owner. If you think it is all about you and you are the primary focus, are you ready to own a dog? It isn't a place to prop up the self-esteem of owners and make us all feel good ... it is about the dogs themselves.

You KNOW a female will go into heat if she is not spayed. Simple fact. Any intact male -- whether in your home or down the block, will crawl over broken glass and try to chew through razor wire to try and get to her. They become single minded, won't eat or sleep. Do not underestimate them! And if you have an intact male, do you really want to put them through this grief (and yourself to boot), whether it is your female that is in heat or the one that lives down the block, they can smell a female in heat from a very long distance. Many of the dogs that get hit by cars are males that have escaped in an attempt to get to the female who's scent they've detected.

Get them fixed (I've never understood that term, I thing it is more correctly stated as "get them broken,", but, hey, whatever) and you'll simply never have any of these issues. Simple fact. Save not only for the dog, but save for all the first year of vet visits and vaccinations, as well as spay/neuter.

Yes, I'm being judgmental, and I don't give a flyin' flip. Call me judgmental all you want. I've made that judgment, and I get my dogs spayed or neutered as soon as it is feasible.